irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
grandfather; male senior-citizen
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
prohibition; inhibition; ban
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
housemaster; resident advisor; houseparent; housefather; housemother; dorm parent
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
absence; disregard; indifference
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
(how) many times; (how) often
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to be needed; to be wanted
office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
blood relationship; blood relative
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
archery; mapping; map; morphism
uncontrollable; irrepressible